Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Playing Cards
1940s
Brooklyn, New York City, Kings County, New York, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A black-and-white photograph of men playing cards in the garage of a second hand store. There are two inscriptions on the verso, at bottom left: [CARD PLAYERS 2nd HAND STORE GARAGE] and at bottom center: [LOVAL ENTREPRENEURS RECREATING - BROOKLYN - BED. STUY. 40's].
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Catalog reference: 2010.74.176